Emily Magee
Emily Magee as Elsa in Konwitschny's Lohengrin production.
Emily Magee's Wagner roles include Elsa, Eva, Gutrune, Elisabeth, which she has sung in Vienna, Munich, Bayreuth, Berlin, Zürich, Barcelona etc.
Emily Magee began her professional career at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1995, where she made her debut in the role of Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, returning to that company to sing the roles of Marguerite (Faust), Liu (Turandot) and Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes). In 1996 she made her German debut at the Staatsoper unter den Linden, where she performed the role of Elsa in Lohengrin under the guidance of Daniel Barenboim, who also invited her to sing the role of Eva, which she debuted at the Bayreuth Festival the following summer.
In Berlin she performed the roles of Desdemona, Elsa, Donna Anna, Eva, the Countess in Figaro, among others. She has in recent years maintained a meaningful relationship with the Opernhaus Zürich, where she has performed the roles of Marietta (Die Tote Stadt), Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Lina (Stiffelio), Katerina (The Greek Passion), Ariadne, Tosca, Elsa, Francesca da Rimini and now the upcoming Kaiserin and Chrysothemis.
Magee has sung leading roles at the Vienna State Opera (Eva, Marietta), Bavarian State Opera (Elisabeth, Elsa, Gutrune, Donna Anna) Hamburg State Opera (Kaiserin, Arabella, Jenůfa, Eva, Elsa) The Royal Opera House, the Teatro del Liceu Barcelona (Elsa), and the Teatro alla Scala, Milan (Jenufa) among others. She has in recent seasons become a regular interpreter of the works of Richard Strauss, having debuted the roles of the Marschallin, the Kaiserin, Ariadne, Daphne, Salome, and Chrysothemis.
Emily Magee at Bayreuth
1997
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Eva)
1998
Das Rheingold (Freia)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Eva)
1999
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Eva)
2000
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Eva)
2001
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Eva)
2002
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Eva)
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